quoted 4 lines I've got to do a DJ set in a couple of days and I'm looking for some more
>I've got to do a DJ set in a couple of days and I'm looking for some more
>tech house type of stuff to play, anyone have any good recommendations of
>tracks (or albums) that stand out to you? I might be able to find some
>stuff before the show :) thanks all
there's a lot of great stuff out there:
anything on the Perlon label... the newest 12" from Akufen and Pantytec are
wicked. Also Ricardo Villalobos's "Panpot Spliff" is really fantastic. If
you want a decent sampler, the Superlongevity compilation 2CD is a good
start... it took time to grow on me, because when I first heard it I thought
it was kind of boring, but I've since come around.
Villalobos put together a mix CD on the Hacker's Goodlife label called "Love
Family Trax" that I highly recommend, although it's a continuous mix which
might not be what you want. Tracks by Jan Jelinek, Villalobos, Akufen,
etc.... top notch flow.
Anything on kompakt (although there are some ambient 12" and comps within
their catalogue).. especially T.Raumschmiere's "Bolzplatz", Juergen Paape's
"triumph"... Anything by Reinhard Voigt seems to be golden too, definitely
on the harder side of things but really good stuff. His recent full length
for Kompakt is great.
anything on forcetracks, particularly "Rhythmogenesis" by MRI (their new one
is good too but is more 80s-inspired) and "pink-eyed pony" by Crane AK.
Twerk's "Now I'm Rendered Useless" on Force Inc is essential for angular DSP
house tracks.
Anything by Akufen, the more recent the better (the newest Psychometry 12"
releases, the "dada" release on Background and the aforementioned Quebec
Nightclub LP on Perlon).
The Soft Pink Truth record on Soundslike (a.k.a. Drew Daniel of Matmos)
Most of the Ware Records catalogue (label run by Mathias Schaffhauser)
For a CD comp, the new Herbert "Secondhand Sounds" 2CD set of his remixes of
other artists is highly recommended.
Kit Clayton's "Material Problem" 12" on Cytrax has a really great track on
it, haven't heard the whole thing though. In fact most likely the majority
of the records on Cytrax probably won't disappoint you for what you're
looking for. There's also a good compilation on Force Inc called "Met@music"
which crosses over with Cytrax on a few tracks.
The Miss Dinky 12" on Carpark has some nice techhouse tracks among other
sounds.
If you want to get more minimal and abstract, you might look into the Vita
CD on Force Inc. (aka Mikael Stavoestrand), some of the Sutekh material, and
anything on the Audio.NL label, who actually just released a decent
comprehensive CD compilation of past 12".
Klang is a pretty reputable label, having released a handful of stellar
Farben 12" releases as well as a harder techno album from Continuous Mode
and a strange and bubbly CD by Peter Spiess.
Process's CD on Fatcat, "Shape-Space," which came out a couple years ago, is
really good all the way through... bridging the gap between techhouse and
deep techno. Along those same lines is some of the Monolake backcatalogue,
although possibly too abstract for your purposes.... also the Electric Birds
release, Panorama, starts off on the more listening side but gradually
becomes more 4/floor minimal tech/house type stuff...
Other assorted namechecking:
Tomas Jirku
Ark (especially the Copacabannark 10" on Perlon, a collaboration between Ark
and Cabanne, although Cabanne's solo material didn't do much for me from
what I could tell)
Jetone (on the deeper side, on Force Inc)
Geoff White (his newest 12" seems pretty solid)
Gez Varley (the Bayou Paradis disc on Force Inc is straightforward but
decent)
Geeez N' Gosh (Atom Heart's ultraweird techhouse project revolving around
Christian evangelist references)
Thomas Brinkmann (the Corvette 12" on Max Ernst is ESSENTIAL, highly
recommended!)
Rechenzentrum (a bit more listening music than dancefloor but very very
strong stuff, on Kitty-Yo and Shitkatapult)
the Profan label (run by Mike Ink)... especially the Juergen Paape 12"
called "Reval"
Antonelli Electr: I personally love "Me, the Disco Machine" on his Italic
label although this is more of an italo sort of affair... the "Click" record
that followed it up is more techy and less pop.
Ellen Allien "Stadtkind" a bit more on the electro tip but still very smart
stuff.
Everything on E.Allien's BPitch Control label has been solid so far, that
I've heard. It's more new wave influenced, tossing in elements of techno,
house, electro, pop and new wave into something fairly original and
interesting.
Anyway, I hope this mess of namedropping helps you a little at least :-)
bye
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